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Diagnostic value of gas exchange tests in patients with clinical suspicion of pulmonary embolism
OBJECTIVE: To assess the value of parameters derived from arterial blood gas tests in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. METHOD: We measured alveolar-arterial partial pressure of oxygen [P(A–a)O(2)] gradient, PaO(2) and arterial partial pressure of carbon diaxide (PaCO(2)) in 773 consecutive patie...
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BioMed Central
1999
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC29023/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11056733 |